Elite team on standby for security at venues

AN elite team of commandos are on standby for terror attacks and police on foot will livestream major incidents via mobile phones at the Commonwealth Games.

The operation will involve about 3700 Queensland police officers, 1500 defence force personnel and 4300 security guards.

Tactical Assault Group East — a special forces counter-terrorism unit — will be on the Gold Coast to respond to any major incident along with national security agencies such as ASIO, Australian Fed- eral Police and Border Force.

Commonwealth Games Commander Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski (left) said the threat in Australia remained probable, but police were prepared for anything.

“What we focused on very strongly, and I’ll be honest, the big one is terrorism,” he said.

“Our security design has been to accommodate all the various modes of attack ... vehicle attacks, snipers, explosives and even hoaxes.”